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I originally started this blog as a place to store tried and true recipes for my family. It didn't take long to discover how supportive and fun the blog community was and I became hooked! I rarely create my own recipes, but I still hope you'll enjoy the recipes that I find and tweak a bit.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Clam Chowder

When I was about twenty-three I took a week long trip to San Francisco. I immediately fell in love with that glorious part of our country. The wharf, the trolleys, the funky winding roads, I couldn't get enough. And of course, one thing I got plenty of, besides truckloads of Ghirardelli chocolate, was lots of creamy clam chowder. Sitting in an outside cafe, right next to the water and a slab of barking seals, eating fresh clam chowder out of a sour dough bread bowl was about as close to heaven as it's going to get for me!

And while this isn't being eaten out of a homemade sour dough bowl, it's still pretty delicious and definitely reminds me of my blissful week in the Bay Area. A rich, creamy, chowder chock full of all you love about clam chowder, with less calories. Bacon, potatoes, lots of clams, and a thick broth, which has a slight and delightful sweetness thanks to the white wine.

For the bread bowl, since I just didn't have it in me to bake me own, I just hollowed out a store bought kaiser roll. It actually held up very nicely and made the perfect amount to feel warm and satisfied. My kids also thought being served out of a roll was the coolest thing ever!

I've always thought it looked so cool to serve soup (or dips) in a bread bowl, but worried it wouldn't hold up. Glad to hear it does. I've always loved clam chowders, but only the New England type and not the red Manhattan. This looks yummy, Teresa.

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Clam chowder is my favorite soup and I love it served in a bread bowl. Makes me hungry just looking at it. Did you know that Panera Bread has very sturdy bread bowls for sale. They hold a lot of soup and stay intact. Have a great weekend, Teresa.